Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook

Chapter 2: What to Expect and What to Eat 31

✓ Blended low-fat cottage cheese (great source of protein!)

✓ Blended scrambled eggs

✓ Blended cooked vegetables

✓ Mashed or blended bananas

✓ Mashed potatoes made with skim milk

✓ Silken tofu

✓ Sugar-free applesauce

✓ Blended meats

✓ Low-fat ricotta cheese

You still can’t consume large amounts of food. More than likely, you can only eat

about^1 ⁄ 4 cup at once if you had gastric bypass, or^1 ⁄ 4 to^1 ⁄ 2 cup if you have a band.

Make sure your stomach is ready for this volume increase by increasing

portions slowly. Listen to your body!

Preparing puréed meals

You need to blend or food process most of your smooth foods to make them

the right consistency. This is a bit of an art, and you may experience difficulty

getting the right consistency at first. Should you need to thicken foods, you

can add things like

✓ 1 tablespoon mashed potato flakes

✓ 1 tablespoon nonfat powdered milk

✓ 1 tablespoon instant grits

✓ 1 tablespoon instant rice cereal

✓ 1 to 1^1 ⁄ 2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin or sugar-free gelatin

✓ Commercial thickeners (ask your pharmacist or support-group friends

about the commercial thickeners they recommend)

If the consistency is too thick, you can thin with

✓ Nonfat milk

✓ Water

✓ Vegetable juice

✓ Broth

Invest in a food processor for smooth foods. You’ll enjoy a much nicer result.